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Same sex marriage - should it be legal?




You say India is not ready for same-sex marriages 

India was never ready for the abolition of Sati.

India was never ready to abolish Child marriages.

India was never ready to abolish Devadasis.

India was never ready for widow remarriages.

India was never ready to abolish Triple Talaq.

India was never ready to abrogate Section 377.

 

Article 14 right to equality, Art 15 no discrimination based on gender.  Art 16,  Art 21, the most important! right to life? seriously? The Constitution wants everyone to live but do we?  do the citizens want this? does the law want this? does society want this? do their parents even want them to live a happy life? oh, I guess I just said happy life? huge mistake! their life would be happy when we stop troubling them. if we are not ok with understanding differences then why do we even say that we encompass everyone?

Leena Namdeo and Urmila Srivastava,2 policewomen in Madhya Pradesh got married in 1987 when same-sex marriage was not legal anywhere in the world and there was no LGBTQ+ movement in India. Urmila's family accepted the marriage. Tanuja Chouhan and Jaya Verma got married in 2001 at the mahamaya temple in Bihar. This wedding was attended by almost 100 people and Jaya's entire family. But in the case of Leena and Urmila, they both were put behind bars for breaking laws and then unceremoniously dumped at Bhopal railway station around midnight. Today people argue that same-sex marriage is not an Indian term and just borrowed from the Western world. But I would like to point out here, the Khajuraho temple in Madhya Pradesh which is even a UNESCO World Heritage site has sculptures popularly known for their overt homosexual imagery. It depicts sexual fluidity between man and man and woman and woman. You might have also heard about the great King Bhagirath, who is known for bringing Ganga to earth according to the ancient texts of kreetivasi ramayana was born from the union of 2 women.

In this world where heterosexual couples are allowed to marry multiple times, why is it so that LGBTQ+ people are not allowed to marry even once?

The right to marry the person of your choice does come under Article 21 of our constitution. So why are we restricting those few people to enjoy their fundamental rights? Every individual has their own choices.... society is not supposed to hamper your choices. Marriage brings with it several rights and privileges such as adoption, pension schemes, and authority over death bodies***! Are we people so selfish that all the privileges should be taken by the majority and nothing to keep for the minority? In a society of blue for a boy and pink for a girl, it's high time to break stereotypes and think of 6 colors in the flag. Through the 2014 Nalsa Judgement Supreme Court recognized transgender as the 3rd gender in India. In 2018, the Supreme Court decriminalized homosexual relations. We say India is a country full of diversity. Legalizing same-sex marriage will add up to the diversity of our nation.

The question for those who call it social havoc is, has society collapsed in the 32 countries where same-sex marriage is legal? The US, Netherlands, Canada, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden are the countries allowing it and have a higher rank than India in the world happiness index. So, we can't say that legalizing same-sex marriage would disturb our society!

Talking about the solutions, and raising awareness among the citizens is most important. Many NGOs are working immensely in this field to give them their rights. If they are given a chance at political representation in the government they would be able to explain to people their problems and get public support to bridge the gap.

In the end, I would just say, Love, doesn't discriminate between the sexes; it just finds a heart that beats in sync with its own." - Kiana Azizian


 


 

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